I made the comment this morning to Lori that I had come to
the conclusion that we – or at least I – really do not pray enough for
ourselves. By this, I do not mean
praying selfishly, but taking the time to truly talk to God and lay before Him
things that concern us. We probably
spend more time praying for others than for ourselves. That may be because we
feel that it’s wrong to be too centered on ourselves when we pray.
Today I have received even more email and FB messages, as
people outside the church are finding out the news and wanting to encourage
Dennis and me and tell us they are praying for us. Cards are also trickling in. Wow!
People care about me more than sometimes I have cared about them in the
past. I need to be better about this in
the future.
This afternoon I had the call to contact the office to see
when the surgery will be – January 27, 7:30 am.
I think that reality has begun to set in, as this is the first evening
in which I have been choked up and in tears when sharing with Dennis – this
time it was about the cards and messages AND an item my sister-in-law Deb* wrote
to share with me. I said to Dennis that
I knew this would come along eventually and that probably it will happen a lot
more. I am not sure how things will go
tomorrow when I talk with some of my church friends who work at school with me.
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*https://pwmja5.com/2012/03/06/when-god-makes-you-an-example/
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